defixit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defigo, defigere, defixi, defixus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/bury/stick/thrust (weapon); fasten, fix, plant, embed; attach/affix;; declare firmly/unalterably; bewitch/enchant/curse (stick pin in wax);; focus (thoughts/eyes); dumbfound, astonish/stupefy, fix w/glance; censure;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...steterat iam pectore Pollux. tum pavor et gelidus defixit Castora sanguis, nam nec ad Elei pugnam videt..."- P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...latos populos, sic vertice caeli constitit, et Libyae defixit lumina regnis. Atque illum talis iactantem pectore curas tristior..." - P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...misero carmen et herba nocent, sagave poenicea defixit nomina cera et medium tenuis in iecur egit acus? carmine..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...mihi turpe putem? Ut tamen iratos in te defixit ocellos, vidi te totis erubuisse genis; at quanto..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simul obiecta res oculis animisque immobiles parumper eos defixit; deinde, ut trepidationem in angustiis suoque ipsum tumultu misceri..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...servitutem. Primo stupor omnes admiratione rei tam atrocis defixit; silentium inde aliquamdiu tenuit. Dein cum M. Claudius, circumstantibus..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...miscet; sed silentium triste ac tacita maestitia ita defixit omnium animos, ut prae metu obliti quid relinquerent, quid..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...duobus cum liberis, feralem urnam tenens, egressa navi defixit oculos, idem omnium gemitus; neque discerneres proximos alienos, virorum..."